The chapters in this volume are peer reviewed editions of the papers presented at the 7th meeting of the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 15-17, 2010. The theme for Forum VII was Water for the Americas: Challenges and Opportunities.

Part I. Introduction 1. Introduction and Overview Part II. Water Scarcity in the Americas 2. Water Scarcity in the Americas: Common Challenges - A Northern Perspective 3. Water Scarcity in Latin America and the Caribbean Myths and Reality Part III . Serving the unserved 4. Supply and sanitation: serving the urban unserved 5. Supply and Sanitation: How Are the Unserved to Be Served? Serving the Rural Unserved Part IV. Transboundary issues 6. The La Plata river basin 7. Water Governance in the Mackenzie River Basin, Canada 8. The unintentional and intentional recharge of aquifers in the Tula and the Mexico Valleys: The Megalopolis needs Mega solutions Part V. Indigenous cultures and rights 9. The Role of Indigenous Claims to Water and Indigenous Knowledge 10. Northern voices, Northern waters: traditional knowledge and water policy development in the northwest territories Part VI. Institutional innovations: learning from Asia 11. Institutional response as an adaptation to water scarcity 12. Innovations in Agricultural Groundwater Management: Examples from India Part VII. Conclusions